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Hampstead 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Diseases of the Respiratory System.
The total mortality from this class of disease was 140, or 15.7 per
cent, of the total deaths, of which -46 or 32.8 per cent, occurred in
children under the age of 5 years, and 42 or 302 per cent, in persons of
65 years of age or upwards.
Of the total deaths, 69 were due to Pneumonia, 57 to Bronchitis,
and 14 to other diseases of the respiratory organs.
Accidents.
Of the 20 deaths classified under this heading, 10 were due to falls,
1 to burns 1 to a street accident, 7 to suffocation, and 1 to a railway
accident.
Suicides.
Of the 8 deaths from this cause, 5 were due to poisoning, I to
shooting, 1 to a fall from a window, and 1 to being run over by a train.
Murder.
Two deaths from Murder were registered, both cases of infants
and due to want of attention at birth.
All other Causes. Under the heading of all other causes in Table IV page 95 are included the following:—
| Inanition Debility from birth and Marasmus | 16 |
| Epilepsy | 3 |
| Anuerism | 1 |
| Cerebral hœmorrhage Thrombosis, Embolism, Hemiplegia, Apoplexy | 46 |
| Senile Decay | 65 |
| Diseases of Kidney (Acute and Chronic) | 39 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) | 6 |
| Appendicitis | 8 |
| Syphilis | 1 |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Of the notifiable Zymotic diseases 494 cases equivalent to an attack
rate of 3.5 per 1000 of the population and comprising 159 of Scarlet
Fever, 26 of Enteric Fever, 55 of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup,
6 of Puerperal Fever, 54 of Erysipelas, 1 of Continued Fever, and 193
of Chicken-pox, were notified during the year, with a mortality of 20 ;